The Rt. Honble. George Lord Anson, Baron of Soberton, ... J. Reynolds pinxt. ; J. McArdell fecit

Print shows George Anson, Lord Anson, Baron of Soberton, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, with right hand on hip and with hat under his left arm; ship in the background. Includes heraldic device at bottom center flanked by a seal on the left and a sea horse on the right, above motto "Nil Desperandum" (never despair).

Caption continues: First Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty, Vice Admiral of Great Britain, Admiral of the Blue Squadron & one of his Majesty's most Honble Privy Council.
Mezzotint by James McArdell after 1755 painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds, reprinted in 1821 by Richard H. Laurie.